National Museum of Naval Aviation

[Knavey]

And these!

[Knavey]

But not these...

[Knavey]

Check out the Lex!

[Knavey]

Want one of these for your mantle? Need a pretty big fireplace!

[Knavey]

And lastly, Feinder drooling on the left side of the pic.

[patrickl]

Hi MkXIV

ORIGINAL: MkXIV

ORIGINAL: patrickl

Hi,

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

These are great pictures!  How much was it to get into the musuem?

Did they have models of the aircraft available for sale?

Fantastic pictures!![&o][:D][&o][:D] and of course taken with an excellent camera. Which part of Alabama is it? I really need to go there soon.[:D]

Pat

It is along the gulf coast only about an hour from the USS Alabama (see the other thread for pics of it)

here are the links

http://www.naval-air.org/

and

http://www.ussalabama.com/


Don't forget the the USS Drum, a gato class sub is also open for tours with the Alabama!

Thanks for the links![&o][:D] I will slowly enjoy the sites![;)]

Pat Lim

[patrickl]

Howdy Knavey,

ORIGINAL: Knavey

Another...

Thanks for the pics![&o][:D] The place is a must see for WITPers![:D]

Pat

[Knavey]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Knavey

Everyone knows what this one is...

WOW.

Didn't think there were any Stukas left.

There is at least ONE!!! But not in Pensacola...try in London. RAF Museum

[YankeeAirRat]

That wasn't a picture of an SOC-3 Seagull you have but rather an J2F Duck. THe Seagull had the option (like the Kingfisher) to have the pontoon be removed and replaced by the landing gear. The Duck was built by the Grumman corporation it had the pontoon built as part of the airframe. It was a pretty tough customer and was used through out the war by the USN and USCG. The USN used it early on in the war on some of thier cruisers until about 1942 when it was replaced by the SOC-3 and OS2U. From there the J2F's were removed back to base support back stateside. The USCG used them in places like Miami, Norfolk, Outer Banks, Vancouver (WA), Key West for ASW missions and SAR support.

[Knavey]

ORIGINAL: YankeeAirRat

That wasn't a picture of an SOC-3 Seagull you have but rather an J2F Duck. THe Seagull had the option (like the Kingfisher) to have the pontoon be removed and replaced by the landing gear. The Duck was built by the Grumman corporation it had the pontoon built as part of the airframe. It was a pretty tough customer and was used through out the war by the USN and USCG. The USN used it early on in the war on some of thier cruisers until about 1942 when it was replaced by the SOC-3 and OS2U. From there the J2F's were removed back to base support back stateside. The USCG used them in places like Miami, Norfolk, Outer Banks, Vancouver (WA), Key West for ASW missions and SAR support.

Learn something new everyday! Thanks.